<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/52bdcad6-7f32-4594-af65-2c8784f659bd/5E104FF1-4F3D-49BF-9F7B-2A0D52A2711C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.wakatech.com/articles/lsl-scripting-basics/bringing-an-animated-gif-into-second-life/" href="http://www.wakatech.com/articles/lsl-scripting-basics/bringing-an-animated-gif-into-second-life/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.wakatech.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wakatech.com/articles/lsl-scripting-basics/bringing-an-animated-gif-into-second-life/"><H2 id="post-46">Bringing an Animated GIF Into Second Life</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wakatech.com/articles/lsl-scripting-basics/bringing-an-animated-gif-into-second-life/"><P>The first step in getting an animated GIF into Second Life is to remember that you can’t upload a GIF into Second Life, let alone an animated one. Instead we must first convert the animated GIF into a different format.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wakatech.com/articles/lsl-scripting-basics/bringing-an-animated-gif-into-second-life/"><P>To convert this GIF, we use a tool called BitStrip. 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